1) I like the new-ish album more than I thought I did.
3) immense in Manchester last Monday.
4) don't recall listening to Zomby 28 times this week, I think my ipod scrobbling may be to cock here.
15) one of my favourites this year I think.

1 Finally got hold of WeLeftYouSleepingAndGoneNow last week, but with writing a load of end of year stuff (and despite the suggestion of these numbers) haven't had time to listen to it yet.
2 New album next year? Did I hear that right somewhere? Anyway, inspired to get Backlash Cop out by seeing a book about 80s middleweight boxing in Waterstones with the sub-title 'Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran'. Little things.
5 Chandelier isn't ageing well.
6 Two 12"s out this week, both of the utmost quality. And a second album in April!
7b Getting properly into a band straight after they split up - yeah, well done again. (I mean, I've seen them three times at festivals so it's not a great lost opportunity, but they do that taking over by stealth, I think)

26 April 2007 was the first track where I really liked his vocals, along with Falling off the Calling For Vanished Faces comp, as on those tracks it's a bit more subdued and less theatrically overblown, and I always got into the tracks with guest vocals quicker. I quite like it now though, though the pitchshifted up distorted thing he sometimes does is pretty irritating.

would really recommend. i'm taking it you've heard them already and are aware of the general style? if i'm listening to it on my way home and i get in before its finished, i have to sit in my house listening to it on headphones until it finishes

1. A few threads about them popped up on the boards this week, and this led to me realising that I'd never really given any of their albums a proper listen. I started with Murmur. It's really good.
2. The day The Maccabees write an album that isn't full of filler is the day I'll eat one of those silly hats he's wearing on the cover. The singles are pretty good, 'No Kind Words' and 'Love You Better' especially, and 'William Powers' and another one I can't remember are good, but it's frustrating how much of it is boring nothingness.
4. Between Two Skies & Towards the Night is very good. I still need to get the one from this year.
5. I don't think there's a single song on this album that 6 Music hasn't played.
6. Came back to Bitte Orca. I like it a bit more, but it still feels like a lot of brilliant and intricate parts skirting around an empty centre.
9.i. The Knot. I quite liked it.
9.ii. Forgettable.

3. may be my second favourite noise rock band of the year
5b. music from the heart of africa: burundi - meh. was expecting some pounding tribal rythms. pretty shit.
8. creepy lo fi country garage. the guy wears a bunny mask and drools rather odd lyrics. not bad. 6/10
8. amazing italian power electronics. bit too SRS but i spose that comes with the genre. pretty good
11. brilliant 80's weirdo japanese hardcore

1 standard?
4 i think i left this playing and walked away - the song i did hear is good though
5 so much heavier/better live
8 who knewx3 - must have listened to always a six 20 times since i got it last week, fucking love them so much. good work DiSer who's name i can't remember.

badically been listening to stuff i haven't in a loooooooooooooong time (amos, fnm, beatles, muse, pulp) listening to old stuff by bands that i know but albums that i've just found (hmhb, upc, pulp, pelican, waits) or stuff that i've never listened to (MF Doom, madvillian)

1 - So fucking good on Thursday.
2a - We have a letter from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales and she writes: Dear Rolf, I find the best way to put the cat out is to use a fire extinguisher.
5 - Had Hymns in the Key of 666 for ages, only really listened to it properly now - wonderful. Great christmas music, despite it being acoustic covers of metal songs.
7 - Listen to Sultans: Speedo project, nearly all songs are under a minute and a half - balls out, punk rock.